[ubuntu-uk] dpkg error on libgmp10

[Colin Law]

On 8 November 2013 15:23, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 8 November 2013 15:18, David King <linuxman at avoura.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I am having a problem with updating any software on my Ubuntu Studio 12.04
>>
>> There are various updates listed, but when trying to install them I get an
>> error:
>>
>> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal
>> error, aborting:
>>  unable to open files list file for package `libgmp10': Input/output error
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp10_2%3a5.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
>
> That file is corrupted.  It is just the downloaded deb file so you can
> safely delete it and it will be re-downloaded.
> sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp10_2%3a5.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb

It might also be worth while forcing a disk check.
sudo touch /forcefsck
and re-boot.

Colin